Intelligent Systems for Rehabilitation Engineering

8Smart Solar Power–Assisted Wheelchairs For the Handicapped

Abhinav Bhatnagar¹*, Sidharth Pancholi² and Vijay Janyani³

¹Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering, Birla Institute of Applied Sciences, Bhimtal (U.K.), India

²Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India

³Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering, Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur (Raj), India

Abbreviations
AI	Artificial Intelligence
CdTe	Cadmium Telluride
CIGS	Copper Indium Gallium Selenide
CNN	Coevolutionary Neural Network
EEG	Electroencephalograph
EOG	Electrooculography
EMG	Electromyography
EPW	Electric-Powered Wheelchair
FFBP	Forward and Back-Spread
GaAs	Gallium Arsenide
HMI	Human Machine Interface
ILM	Intense Learning Machine
InP	Indium Phosphide
IoT	Internet of Things
LDA	Linear Discrimination Analysis
MPPT	Maximum Power Point Tracking
MW	Manual Wheelchair
NiCd	Nickel Cadmium
NiMH	Nickel Metal Hydride
Li-ion	Lithium ion
PPG	Pulse plethysmography
RNN	Recurrent Neural Network
RF	Radio Frequency
SPW	Solar-Powered Wheelchair
SVM	Support Vector Machine

Abstract

Mobilization for disabled people is one of the essential requirements. A standard solution to the mobility needs of individuals with a significant disability is the mechanical wheelchair. However, in a mechanical wheelchair, there is a large probability of upper limb fatigue and injury. Alternatively, electric-powered wheelchairs were developed, which helps ...